[Pidgin] #15705: very insecure storing of account informations

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Fri Jul 26 12:33:00 EDT 2013


#15705: very insecure storing of account informations
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 Reporter:  pidhunter  |      Owner:
     Type:  defect     |     Status:  new
Milestone:             |  Component:  pidgin (gtk)
  Version:  2.10.7     |   Keywords:  plain password
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 In the file \AppData\Roaming\.purple\ is there a accounts.xml with all
 plantext-passwords of all email-accounts.

 If pidgin knows about spybots and spypeople oround the internet, then
 pidgin should fix it yesterday.

 here all needed informations about salted passwords with examples.

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Ticket URL: <https://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/15705>
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